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' E. J. MALLETT, Jr.

Disinfeoting Apparatus for Water-Q1os -ts,&c.

Patented Feb.17,1880.

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QA MQBM W W a r m M WITNESSES N. PETERS. PNOTO-LITHOGRA UNITED A STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD J. MALLETT, JR, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

DISI FECTING APPARATUS FOR WATER-CLOSETS, see.

SPECIFICATION formingpart f r LettersIP atent No. $4,553, a eeh February 17, 1880.

Application filed January 10, 1880.

A To all whom it may concern e Be it known that I, EDWARD JLMALLETT, J r., of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Im-.

.provement in Disinfecting Apparatus for Waous flow of the disinfectant throughfthe closet independent of andnnaliected by the means employed to flush and cleanse out the closet.

i To thisend I combine with the closet and the ordinary means for furnishing water-supply for flushing purposes a duct or pipe communicating witha source of disinfecting-liquid supply,

and adaptedand arranged to operate at all I times to deliver a continuous supply of disinfectingeliquid to the vault-bowl, pan, trap, soilpipe, orotherappropriate part of the closet, whichshall be wholly independent of and unaffected by the ordinary flushingewater.

The nature of my invention, and the manner in which the same is or maybe carried into effect, will be understood byret'erence to the accompanying drawings, in which Figurel isasectional view of a watercloset and disinfecting apparatus combined in accordance with my invention. Fig.2 is a hori- I zontalsection of the. closet-bowl. .35 l l jproyided not only w th my present improve- .ment,.butalso with the .aerialdisinfector, so

\ l have shown in thedrawings a water-closet called, shown and described in my Letters Patcut No. 222,5l9,dated December 9, 1879, which requires no further. description here.

The-apparatus forsupplyingthe disinfectingliquid is similar in construction to that set forth A in .myhtoresaid Letters Patent, consisting of a vessel,A, containin g a disinfecting materialc. g., chloride of zinc-and provided with two.

j pipes, cjcl, the upper one, 0, connected with a water-service.pipe or tank or other source,

I whenceitimay draw a continuoussupply of water,which through this pipe constantly drips or flows into the vessel A, and the lower one,

1 d, leading from the vessel A into the bowl K of the closet, so that the liquid charged with f and neutralize and stamp out any and all gases that may be from time to time generated. in thecloset or enter therein from the sewer.

The closet is provided with the usual pan D and flushing-pipe E, through which water is admitted into the closet-bowl in any ordinary or suitable way, after the closet may have been used, in order to flush the closet and carry olf the contents of the bowl. The flushing-water supply, however, isentirely separate and distinct from the disinfecting-liquid supply, the latter being independent of and unaffected by the water-supply for flushing purposes, or of the means for regulating the same, a continuous flow of the disinfecting-liquid being maintained whether the flushing-water be turned on or off. The disinfecting-liquid pipe or ductd may be connected with the bowl K, as shown, or with the soil pipe, trap, or other appropriate part of the closetas, for instance, it may lead into the flushing-pipe E, provided, always, that the point at which it enters said pipe shall be between the bowl and the valve, by the movement of which flushing-water is admitted.

into or shut off from the bowl.

I remark that instead of one pipe, cl, I can use two or more of said pipes, so thatinevent of one becoming stopped or clogged up there will always be another to furnish the requisite supply of disinfecting-liquid.

I also remark that the arrangement of a disinfecting-liquid supply system of pipes independent of the ordinary flushing-water system permits me to supply the disinfectingliquid in any way and quantity, and either continuously or intermittently, as desired-as, for instance, I might, by the use of known automaticallyacting valve arrangements, have an intermitting flow, the liquid running intermittently or at stated intervals-say of a minute, or more or less-independent of the use of the closet.

Having described'my improvement, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

flushing-pipe and a distinct and separate duct connected with a source of disinfecting-liquid supply, and adapted and operating to supply said liquid to the appro liriate part of the closet continuously or otherwise, as specified, independently of and unaffected by the flushing water supply.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of January, 1880! E. J. MALLETT, JR.

Witnesses:

GAsPER L. (101501, E. A. DICK. 

